The surfaces of continuously cast steel blooms exhibit a variety of surface features and defects, which were investigated to reveal the interactions at the meniscus between the steel shell and interfacial flux layers that caused them. One such defect formed at periodic intervals along the surface of first and second blooms in a sequence. It was characterised by gradually deepening oscillation m...

The article reviews the properties of the Galactomyces geotrichum species, the mould that is most important for the dairy industry. G. geotrichum mould has been isolated from milk, cheeses and alcoholic beverage. Its presence in food products makes it possible to obtain a characteristic aroma and taste, which corresponds to the needs and preferences of consumers. G. geotrichum plays an importan...

True slime mould Physarum polycephalum approximates a range of complex computations via growth and adaptation of its protoplasmic transport network, stimulating a large body of recent research into how such a simple organism can perform such complex feats. The properties of networks constructed by slime mould are known to be influenced by the local distribution of stimuli within its environment...

Slime mould of Physarum polycephalum is a large cell exhibiting rich spatial non-linear electrical characteristics. We exploit the electrical properties of the slime mould to implement logic gates using a flexible hardware platform designed for investigating the electrical properties of a substrate (Mecobo). We apply arbitrary electrical signals to ‘configure’ the slime mould, i.e. change shape...

True slime mould Physarum polycephalum approximates a range of complex computations via growth and adaptation of its protoplasmic transport network, stimulating a large body of recent research into how such a simple organism can perform such complex feats. The properties of networks constructed by slime mould are known to be influenced by the local distribution of stimuli within its environment...

The electrical conductivity of mould flux with chemical constitution CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-NaO-K2O-MgO-CaF2-Cr2O3-FeO-MnO has been investigated. assessed database contains one unitary, five binary, nine ternary, four quaternary, two quinary, senary and octonary subsystems. Each constitutional component is in connection to another via some direct or indirect links. A multilayer artificial neural networ...

The continuous casting process of metals and alloys is nowadays frequently utilized in metallurgical industry, and more general in material engineering. Typically, the liquid material flows into the mould (crystallizer) having the walls cooled by flowing water. The solidifying ingot is pulled out by the withdrawal rolls. Below the mould the side surface of the ingot is very intensively cooled b...